Cigar and cigarette holder



arch 28, 1959 J, DATSKQ CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed June 15, 1946 Patented Mar. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER Jack Datsko, Los Angeles, Calif. Application June15, 1946, Serial No. 676,951

The present invention relates to cigar or cigarette holders in general and more particularly to a holder comprising a plurality of complementary parts which are readily disassembled for cleaning purposes. More specifically, the invention comprises a cigar or cigarette holder formed of longitudinally separable interfitting elements which in their assembled relationship make sealing contact to prevent leakage and which are easily disassembled.

Cigar and cigarette holders are preferred by many smokers and perform the useful function of spacing the cigar or cigarette proper from the lips and mouth of the user. It is characteristic, particularly of cigarettes, that under certain conditions the smokers lips are torn by contact with the paper wrapper. All too frequently loose tobacco particles disassociate themselves from the cigarette to find unwelcome abode in the smokers mouth. The smoker using a holder avoids these objections for the holder is made of a suitable material which does not injure the lips and any loose tobacco particles come to rest in the holder rather than in the mouth.

Many users of cigar and cigarette holders prefer to use them because of their ability to filter the products of combustion, Suitable replaceable filtering elements are positioned within the holder through which the products pass from the cigar or cigarette and which serve to remove a largepercentage of the undesirable elements present.

Cigar or cigarette holders used in the past however have been subject to certain objections which rendered them undesirable in the eyes of many smokers. They required cleaning from time to time and were constructed in a manner rendering that operation unpleasant or difficult to perform satisfactorily. When formed of a single element, the user upon cleaning the holder could not be certain that all of the foreign material had been removed, and when formed of a plurality of complementary elements they frequently leaked and the parts at times easily became unintentionally separated.

The holder constructed in accordance with the present invention is free from the defects characterizing the prior art structures but retains'all of their advantages. The present holder is formed of interfitting complementary parts cooperating to make sealing contact which completely .prevents all leakage. The parts are readily disassembled to provide two open members which can be thoroughly cleaned in the view of the user so that he may know that the cleaning is complete. The parts are so related that they are easily as- 1 Claim. (Cl. 131-187).

sembled and disassembled and means are provided by which the device may be carried in the manner of a pen or pencil when not in use.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved cigar or cigarette holder formed of a plurality of cooperating elements which are readily disassembled for the purpose of complete cleaning.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a leak-proof holder for cigars or cigarettes which includes a plurality of telescopically arranged complementary interfitting parts.

These and other more specific objects will appear upon reading the following specification and claim and upon considering in connection therewith the attached drawings to which they relate.

Referring now to the drawings in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated:

Figure 1 comprises a view in perspective showing the holder constructed in accordance with the present invention disassembled;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the disassembled elements turned over;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the holder constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 4 is a transverse section taken along the line 44 in Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken along the line 5-5 in Figure 3.

Referring again to the drawings, the present invention is seen to comprise a pair of complementary body elements indicated generally by the reference characters II and i2. Member H, which may be referred to as the outer body mem bar for the reason that it presents the greatest external body surface, includes enlarged cir cular end I3 which tapers gradually to form the opposite flattened narrow elliptical end i l terminating in a rib I6 and with it forming the mouth piece. Interiorly, element ll is provided with a frusto conical bore ll which decreases in diameter from the larger end !3 to the smaller end it. A tapering slot l8 extends the length of element ll, being wider at the outer end i3 than at the inner end M, the decrease in width of the slot being substantially proportional to the decrease in the size of the bore l1.

Cooperating element l2, which may be referred to as the inner element for the reason. that it is positioned largely within outer element II and provides only a relatively small part of the outer surface of the holder, comprises a frusto conical body 2| which decreases in size from its outer end 22 to its inner end 23. Body 2| is of lesser length than outer body member and is shaped to fit exactly the bore I1 and to extend from the rib |8 to a point spaced inwardly from the opening of enlarged end l3. A wedge shaped strip 26 extends along one side of conical body 2| from its smaller end 23, where the strip is formed with a rib segment 21, to a point 28 beyond the enlarged end 22 of body 2|. The wedge-shaped strip 26 is shaped to fit the slot IS in member H" and to cooperate with the body thereof in the formation of a smoothly contoured uninterrupted outer surface.

Body 2| of element I2 is formed throughout its entire length with a longitudinally extending channel 3| which divides it into two halves connected by the strip 26. It ischannel3| which.

forms, as will be explained, the actual passageway through which the smoke from the cigar or cigarette is drawn. A transverse slot 33 extends across body 2| of inner element 2 near its end 22 to form aseat from a disc-shapedfilter 3d which, when in position, forms-a gas permeable barrier in the channel. Element I2 is completed by a flexible clip 36fixed1y secured at one of its ends to strip 26 to' provide means by which the holder can be suspended on the side wall of a pocket.

Inner element i2 is adapted to be inserted longitudinally into outer element H by advancing the smaller end 23 thereof into bore IT and then sliding it inwardly. The frusto conical body 2| rides upon the surface of bore IT in this relative movement, the strip 26 extending between the sides of slot l8. As the element |2 advances in element H, the body 2| finally reaches a position in which it exactly fills and conforms-to bore H at which time the strip 26 seals slot l8 for its entire length, in the manner "illustrated in Figures 3, 4 and 5. In thlsassembled relationship the open side of channel 3| is sealed by" the adjacent surface of bore it, the side walls of the slot making sealing contact therewith. Frusto conical body 2| being shorter in length than outer member li, a seat or socket 38'is formed in the enlarged end of the unit which is of a size to receive and seat a cigar or cigarette, depending upon whether the structure is a cigar or cigarette holder. As socket 38 is. smallerat its inner end than at its outer it functions to retain an inserted cigar orcigarette when once positioned therein.

The operation and use of the holder constructed in accordance with the present invention conform generally to the well known operation and use of cigar and cigarette holders. It functions to: enable the user to-smoke his cigar or cigarette free from the usual annoyance of direct contact with the lip-tearing paper and of loose particles of tobacco. After a periodofuse; however, it willlce desirable to-removethe collected sediment from the holder and possibly also to replace the filter. This is accomplished simply by exerting a longitudinal sliding force upon the strip 26 while holding the body between the fingers of one hand. The thumb can well be used as the force exerting member andtheforce can be exerted upon the clip 36 or upon the flat surface of the strip which may, if desired, be knurled. The parts are held together only by friction and by the very slight natural resilience of the construction and the separating force required is very small. With the parts separated, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the filter 34 may be discarded and the channel 3|, which has conveyed all the products of combustion, readily cleaned by the use of a brush or an ordinary pipecleaner; The channel is open and clearly in view'and its clean or dirty condition readily observed. Similarly the bore forming the interior of member II, is also exposed and if for any reason foreign material should appear therein, it can readily be removed. The holder constructed-in accordance with the present invention isnot more expensive than the older constructions and yet it is functionally superior and therefore to be preferred.

While the particular apparatus herein shown and describedin detail is fully capable of attaining the objects and providing the advantages hereinbefore stated, it is'to be understood that it ismerely illustrative of the presentlypreferred embodiment of the invention. and that no limitations are intended to the details of construction or design herein shown other than as defined in the appended claim.

I claim:

A cigar or cigarette holder comprising a pair of interfitting parts including a first part larger at one end than at the other and providing the greater part of the external surface area, said part being formed with a frusto conical bore and a longitudinally extending converging slot opening through one side of said part into said bore, and a. second part. formed with a frusto conical body shaped to fit within said bore and having a raised, wedge-shaped strip along one side thereof adapted to close said slot and cooperate with said first part in the formation of a continuous outer surface, said frusto conical body terminating, short of the large end of said bore to form a socket adapted to receive'the cigar or cigarette, said stripextending beyond the end of said body to close the slot opening in the side of said socket, said body being provided with a longitudinally" extending open-sided channel that cooperates with the sides of said bore to form a passage through which the smoke from the cigar or cigarette is drawn.

JACK DATSKO.

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